Hi everyone. Sorry it took so long to reply, I had forgotten to verify my new email address and wasn't allow to post a reply. My apologies to UT for assuming I was being modded. I didn't see the email at the gmail address, but it came right to the new one. Doh!
Anyways, I'm still at the evil cable company Wolf, just in the IT department now instead of customer service.
My oldest son disowned me in September. My life has been much less dramatic since then, so overall it was probably a good thing. My middle son (the Aspie) is 17 and a junior in high school, making all A's and B's. He's 6'5" and runs about 230. My daughter is 13 now and has decided to remain with her hyper-religious father for the time being.
Me and Moose are still together after 7 years. We have ups and downs just like everybody else, but we're starting to settle in for the long haul, I think.
I'm still fat, something I'm trying to get the will to change, but finding very difficult to get off my ass and do something about. I went for a sleep study last year and I've got moderate sleep apnea and was prescribed a APAP. Haven't used it since June-ish. Something else I'll get around to doing. However, I'm no longer considered diabetic, I've got my A1C down to 5.1 just through diet alone. Mostly low-carb.
I'm the webmaster for the local group here, UG, but it's a very small group and I'm not down for all the drama (and they are an hour away) so I don't get down there much. My name and device were officially approved though. Huzzah!! My SCA blog is
here. It has pics of things I've crafted and any projects I'm working on.
I'm back in school, only 3 semesters left to get my AA degree (working full time so taking night classes) in University Transfer. The Plan is to graduate with my AA at the same time my son graduates high school, then move to Texas, get situated and work for a year to get Texas residency, then Start School in Earnest at UT-Austin in the Slavic Studies program, majoring in Czech Studies with a double minor of Linguistics and Language Education. The Goal is to move to the Czech Republic (preferably the Eastern region - Frędek-Mistek) and Teach English as a Foreign Language (or Second Language).
I'd also like to cross train in Polish since they are very similar languages (many words are the same, just spelled differently). But we'll see.
I'd also like to learn German, since that is a secondary language in the CR. But we'll see. As I found out last semester, taking two language classes at the same time is very difficult. (Still managed a Trifeca though - took three classes and got 3 As!).
Other than that, not much happening here. As always, lots of great plans. Just working on the follow-through.
OC